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What will happen in The Crown season 2?

The latest trailer for The Crown season two suggests that the monarchy will find itself in a constitutional crisis as it’s perceived to be stuck in the past.

“The world has changed, society in Britain has changed,” a voice is heard telling the Queen in voiceover as she looks at the latest fashion trends presented to her.

The Queen is told that she must “change everything” by her advisor that could see a major revamp of the monarchy.

Not only that, the position of the Royal Family comes into question over their accountability and the fact that they are not voted into power.

The Queen will find herself at odds with her husband as it’s suggested that he deviates from protocol and even has an affair.

There are also hints that his “restlessness” leads to infidelity and scandal, which will cause a media frenzy.

Prince Philip will continue to struggle living in the shadow of his wife and says as much, grimacing: “My eight-year-old son outranks me.”

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Claire Foy as the Queen and Matt Smith as Prince Philip in The Crown season 2

But her spouse will not be the only one she is struggling against, even her own sister Princess Margaret (played by Vanessa Kirby) suggests that the Royal Family is “fragile” and could be teetering on the brink of collapse.

Politically, season two shows that the British Empire and colonial rule is in its death throes as a photo of the Queen is taken down and power is given back to nations.

Following on from her own scandalous relationship with divorced man Captain Townsend (Ben Miles), Margaret has moved on in season two and will be happily with her new beau and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones (Matthew Goode).

In the trailer Margaret is seen in quite a few romantic scenes with her new love and there’s an implication that again she could cause a brouhaha.

“I am a modern woman, free to love, free to break away,” she says, potentially to the Queen in what might be a scene asking her sister if she can marry.

However, it seems likely that the fallout from her affair with Peter will probably be touched upon again as the RAF officer later went on to marry Marie-Luce Jamagne.

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Claire Foy as the Queen in The Crown season 2

I am a modern woman, free to love, free to break away

Princess Margaret

The divisive Duke of Windsor (Alex Jennings) - known simply as David - will be back in the frame and in London, again stirring the pot with the Royal Family and remaining a staunch critic of his relatives for their inflexibility.

In The Crown season one viewers saw his relationship with his niece play out and how he was ostracised by the Royal Family following his abdication from the throne in 1936.

Season two will see President John F. Kennedy (Michael C. Hall) paying a visit to London with his wife Jackie (Jodi Balfour).

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Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret in The Crown season 2

President Kennedy and his wife will be seen in an episode of The Crown that will revolve around the “tricky” and “sensitive” state visit of 1961, the Daily Mail reported earlier this year.

The visit was tense because Jackie wanted her sister and divorcee Princess Lee Radziwell to attend the state visit, even though divorces were heavily frowned upon.

Jackie’s sister was eventually allowed to attend despite the Queen reportedly being absolutely furious at the time but eventually relenting.

The Queen will initially have a frosty relationship with her but the two will eventually become friends over the course of the year.